Fengcheng Orphanage
2005-09 - I have two daughters
and they both have the name Feng,
but it is not spelled with the same Chinese character.
Thea - Feng Yuhuan was born in Fengcheng
Bella - Gan Feng Qiong was born in Fengchuan (Fengxin
is another name of this town) but was transferred
to Jiangxin SWI after a couple of months in Fengxin SWI.
They are not from the same orphanage. (AH)
A few families received their referrals from this orphanage in
August 1999. That was the first time I've heard of someone adopting from
this orphanage.. Another group adopted from Fengcheng in January 2000 and
a few photos that one family received are linked below.
A mom adopting in
October 2001 received referral paperwork indicating that her daughter was from
Gao'an but after she arrived in China found out that her daughter
had been in foster care in Fengcheng. And a mom adopting in September 2001 was told that her
daughter was from Fengcheng but that her papers said Gao'an because Fengcheng
didn't yet have permission to do international adoptions on it's own. And a Gao'an adoptive mom was able to visit the Gao'an
orphanage and the Fengcheng orphanage. So it appears there is some connection
between these two orphanages. Maybe Gao'an is the county seat for the area
that Fengcheng is in. There was a similar relationship between Leping and
Jingdezhen in the past until Leping began doing international adoptions on their
own.
Some of the children stay at the orphanage at Fengcheng and are
adopted from there but it appears that some of the children are transferred to
other orphanages. Perhaps it is a small orphanage and can't always care
for all the children it receives. The relationship with Gao'an was
mentioned above. Another family adopted their daughter from the Jianxin
orphanage but were told she was at the Fengcheng orphanage for 2.5 months
first.
On the map
Fengcheng appears to be a smaller town and is about
50 km southwest of Nanchang. If you or anyone you know has adopted from
this orphanage I'd love to hear from you.
There is now an email list for families who have or are
waiting to adopt from Fengcheng. You can subscribe by sending a message to
fengchengfamilies-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Pictures
from Blair Family visit to new SWI in May 2007
Pictures
from new SWI in November 2005 (Trudi M.)
A
Family's Wonderful Experience in Fengcheng in February 2001
Opportunity
of a Lifetime - Adopting Family Visits the Fengcheng Orphanage in August 2003
Several
Photos of the Orphanage From A One Time Use Camera Received April 2002
Adopting Family Visits the Fengcheng
Orphanage in January 2004 and Meets the Foster Mother of Their Daughter.
A Few
1999 Photos
of the Orphanage From A One Time Use Camera Mailed Prior to TravelHow You Can Help the Children
Still in the Jiangxi Province Orphanages!!
Find an address for this orphanage (and
print out an address label in Chinese) at
http://www.blessedkids.com/index_files/addresses.htm
Photos of
Children Adopted from Fengcheng
Please e-mail me at
webmaster@gurrad.com
if you have any additional information or if your child is from here and you would like to
post a picture or other information here.
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